[s-cars] No heat, yet overheating...

[Szarka Strubachincoscow]

Nick:

I had this very problem years ago with a VW Dasher...anyone remember those? 8-]

The problem was that there was so little antifreeze in the system that
the water in the cooling system actually froze....hence no
circulation, hence no heat.   Engine got very hot, of course.  Once I
got the car to a warm place the freeze thawed out and I added more
antifreeeze, no more problems.

HTH,

--Sz


On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:11:21 -0500, Nick Stuart <baredok at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, when out to warm up the car this morning because it was freaking
> cold! Let it warm and up and go back out, windows are still
> frosty...huh. Look inside and the temp is really high and proceeds to
> just flash the warning thingy as I'm watching it. Go out, and check,
> raditor is bone cold, I have coolant.  Ok, so thermostat is busted,
> nope, took it all apart, got a new one, put it in, check the old one
> after just to see, and it still works.
> 
> Of course NOW the little plastic cap/cover that goes over the
> thermostat is chipped and leaking like a sive, so I cant test it
> anyways. But I was wondering what other causes there might be for
> something not open up as it should for heat. My thought is that it
> could have just been a pocket of water somewhere that froze something,
> but figured it would have gone away since the engine was so warm. (and
> again, cant test it atm anyways!!)
> 
> Any ideas? And thanks for the help.
> 
> -Nick
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